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Treatment of racing dogs
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Living Conditions In many of the countries where there are large greyhound race tracks with gambling, the dogs live in kennels at or near the track or by their trainers. In the United States, the kennels are indoor crates stacked two levels high, with the females usually kept on the upper level, and males on [...]
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Horse racing in Australia and Europe
Friday, May 1st, 2009
Horse racing in Australia Racing in Australasia has enjoyed great success with races such as the world famous Melbourne Cup, the so-called race that stops a nation, which has recently attracted many international entries. In Australia, the most famous horse was Phar Lap, who raced from 1928-1932 (though originally bred in New Zealand). In 2003-2005 [...]
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Greyhound racing today
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Several greyhounds before a race. Today greyhound racing continues in many countries around the world. The main greyhound racing and gambling countries are: Australia Ireland United Kingdom United States In the United States there are greyhound tracks in the following 15 states Alabama Arizona Arkansas Florida Colorado Connecticut Iowa Kansas Massachusetts New Hampshire Oregon Rhode [...]
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Parimutuel bet types
Sunday, January 18th, 2009
There may be several different types of bets, in which case each type of bet has its own pool. The basic bets involve predicting the order of finish for a single participant, as follows: In North America Win – A first place finisher wins the bet. Place – Either a first or a second place [...]
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SP bookmaking
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Starting price or SP bookmaking literally refers to taking bets at fixed odds, i.e. a fixed starting price, as opposed to the totalisator model of betting. This form of gambling was only legal in Australia for bookmakers operating on the course or racetrack, and so a large telephone based SP bookmaking industry started, leading to [...]